Three of the Four Heavenly (and Great) Kings of Tibet. From left to right, Phakyepo (ཕགས་སྐྱེས་པོ་), Chenmizang (སྤྱན་མི་བཟང་), and Namthöse (རྣམ་ཐོས་སྲས་). Yülkhorsung (ཡུལ་འཁོར་སྲུང་) declined to be photographed. All four are guarding the entrance to the Great Assembly Hall of Pelkor Chöde Monastery. On the far right, Namthöse’s mongoose in spitting up jewels. October 2016, Pelkor Chöde Monastery, Gyantse (རྒྱལ་རྩེ), Tibet (བོད་).














